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Robb

(39,665 posts)
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 07:45 PM Aug 2013

Colo. AG: Sheriffs lack standing to sue state over gun laws

The 55 Colorado sheriffs who filed a lawsuit against the state over two new gun-control laws don’t have standing to sue, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said.

Suthers, whose office is defending the state against the suit, said he’s filed a motion in federal court saying sheriffs have never sued to defend other citizens rights, so they cannot now claim standing on this issue.

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But in Suthers’ motion to dismiss the sheriffs as plaintiffs, he says they have no standing on several grounds, not the least of which is long-standing legal precedent that bars political subdivisions of a state, such as counties, to sue that same state.

Suthers said sheriffs clearly are county officers, and their powers stem from the Colorado Constitution and the Colorado Legislature, which passed the new gun laws.

Read More: http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/top-cop-sheriffs-cant-sue-over-guns

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Colo. AG: Sheriffs lack standing to sue state over gun laws (Original Post) Robb Aug 2013 OP
Republican Sheriffs pandering to their teabagger bases get a smack down! rdharma Aug 2013 #1
The nuance of this is fantastic, too, if you follow CO politics. Robb Aug 2013 #2
Thanks for pointing that out. rdharma Aug 2013 #3

Robb

(39,665 posts)
2. The nuance of this is fantastic, too, if you follow CO politics.
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 08:25 AM
Aug 2013

The AG is an insane right-winger with a record of trying to disenfranchise voters, and with eyes on the Governor's mansion he's been blatantly enabling the gun-lobby-backed recall taking place.

To have to do this is a smackdown on him, as well.

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
3. Thanks for pointing that out.
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 03:24 PM
Aug 2013

I didn't think about the recall attempts by the RW gun humpers.

There is no joy like Schadenfreude!

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